AIA, Alera Group Insights

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  Below please find this week’s curated list of wellbeing resources.  Feel free to share these resources, as appropriate, with your team. Interested in MORE wellbeing content? Join our 2020 Virtual Wellbeing Fair by registering... Find out more »

Our hearts go out to all of those affected by the wildfires spreading across the west coast. Currently, the fires have spread across California, Oregon, Washington, and other western states. Alera Group has clients and offices throughout those states and sympathy is with all those... Find out more »

This is the sixth article in our Compliance 101 blog series where we use six questions to break down important compliance topics. Below you will learn more about Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices. Read more below!  Download this article. Who is required to... Find out more »

Creating a home inventory may seem like a bother, but the day will come when you will be glad you did. If you ever need to file a claim your inventory will make it easy and efficient. Plus, it doesn’t have to be such a bother. Yes, you can write everything down on a list, keep your... Find out more »

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!  If you only read one of the articles posted below this week, I highly recommend Tara Haelle’s piece on ‘surge capacity’.  ‘Surge Capacity’ is defined as “a collection of adaptive systems — mental and... Find out more »

On August 24, 2020, amended guidance was provided by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health & Human Services, the agency that has jurisdiction to enforce HIPAA. The new guidance allows covered health care providers (e.g., hospitals, pharmacies, laboratories) and health... Find out more »

As more and more parts of daily life transition to online, data security is becoming more and more important! Here are 13 tips to protecting your identity.  14.4 million consumers were victims of identity fraud in 2018, according to the 2019 Identity Fraud Study from Javelin Strategy &... Find out more »

This is the fifth article in our Compliance 101 blog series where we use six questions to break down important compliance topics. Below you will learn more about Section 125 Cafeteria Plan Nondiscrimination Testing (NDT). Read more below!  Download this article.   Who is required... Find out more »

This is the fourth article in our Compliance 101 blog series where we use six questions to break down important compliance topics. Below you will learn more about Leave of Absence or LOA policy. Read more below!  Download this article.   Who should have a Leave of Absence (LOA)... Find out more »

It’s hurricane season and it’s sobering to reflect on the tremendous destruction that hurricanes are capable of. Hurricane Katrina, which struck the nation in August 2005, totaled more than $160 billion in economic damage, the costliest natural disaster hurricane on record.  As... Find out more »